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FILE - China's Peng Shuai reacts during her first round singles match against Japan's Nao Hibino at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
World Tennis Championship Men Singles
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FILE - In this Sunday, March 8, 2020 file photo, a view of the empty San Siro stadium during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Genoa, in Milan, Italy. The Italian soccer players' association rejected a proposal from Serie A clubs Monday to reduce salaries by a third if the season does not resume as "unmanageable." The guideline austerity measure was agreed on by 19 of the 20 clubs, the Italian league announced, with Juventus not included because it already finalized a deal with its players to relieve financial pressure on the eight-time defending champion amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
Genoa CFC vs AC Milan 3/8/2020
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FILE- United States' Steven Holcomb celebrates after driving to a win with brakeman Steven Langton in the two-man bobsled World Cup event on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Lake Placid, N.Y. These Beijing Games are the second Olympics to take place since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York on May 6, 2017. Yet nearly five years after his death, Holcomb is still felt within the program. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Bobsled World Cup
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FILE - United States' Jake Sanderson, from left, Tanner Dickinson and Chaz Lucius celebrate a goal against Finland during the first period of an exhibition game in Edmonton, Alberta, Dec. 23, 2021, before the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship tournament. Sanderson, who plays hockey for the University of North Dakota, was named to the 2022 U.S. Olympic team after the NHL announced it was not sending players to the Olympics. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
North Dakota Fighting Hawks at North Dakota State Bison 12/22/2021
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Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) and Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) meet in the handshake line after Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Washington. The Bruins won 3-1. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals 5/23/2021
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Florida forward Emanuely de Oliveira (11) tries for the ball against South Carolina forward Laeticia Amihere (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)
South Carolina Gamecocks at Florida Gators 1/30/2022
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Spectators sit in the stands before the FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup at Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei Province, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. The venue will host the freestyle skiing and snowboard competitions at the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Club NXT vs KAA Gent 11/29/2021
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FILE- Boston Bruins' David Krejci plays during an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Philadelphia. Czech Republic's Krejci is among the players to watch at the 2022 Beijing Olympics without an NHL presence. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Boston Bruins at Philadelphia Flyers 2/3/2021
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FILE - Louie Vito competes during the snowboarding superpipe final at the Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, in Breckenridge, Colo. For years, Vito, who parlayed his halfpipe career into one of a part-time celebrity, has represented the red, white and blue of Team USA. For Beijing, he’s switching to the green, white, and red of Italy as he returns to the Olympic arena for the first time since taking fifth on the halfpipe in Vancouver in 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
Dew Tour
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Davidson guard Hyunjung Lee (1) fights for the ball with Virginia Commonwealth guard Adrian Baldwin Jr. (1) and forward Levi Stockard III (34) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Davidson, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Virginia Commonwealth Rams at Davidson Wildcats 1/26/2022
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Sweden goalkeeper Emma Soderberg (30) blocks a shot against Czech Republic during a preliminary round women's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Republic of Korea vs China 2/6/2022
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FILE - China's Peng Shuai makes a forehand return to Japan's Nao Hibino during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
Australian Open Men Singles
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FILE - Peng Shuai, of China, returns a shot to Maria Sakkari, of Greece, during the second round of the US Open tennis championships on ug. 29, 2019, in New York. China's Foreign Ministry is sticking to its line that it isn't aware of the controversy surrounding tennis professional Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing a former top official of sexually assaulting her. A ministry spokesperson said Friday that the matter was not a diplomatic question and that he was not aware of the situation. (AP Photo/Michael Owens, File)
US Open Women Singles
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FILE- Buffalo Sabres' Eric Staal in action during warm-ups prior to an NHL hockey game, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Philadelphia. Thanks to the NHL bowing out of Beijing, Staal is at the Olympics once again. “I’m excited to be here. It’s been a unique couple of years here with everything going in the world and when the NHL opted to not play and my situation was what it was and I jumped at this chance.” (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton, File)
Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers 1/18/2021
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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2019, file photo, NBC sportscaster Mike Tirico works the sidelines during an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears in Chicago. Tirico is one of many announcers who has had to trade the press box for a home office. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes, File)
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears 9/5/2019
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